HT Bureau
GUWAHATI, Feb 15: Director general of police, Assam on Wednesday conducted a crime conference along with the additional DGP, ClD and other senior officers to review the crime situation district-wise. Matters relating to case pendency, disposal, registration, crime rate as well as conviction rates of all the districts were analysed along with the reasons for pendency, a release by the CPRO stated.
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In the conference, DGP G P Singh instructed all the additional superintendents of police, in-charge of crime from all the 36 districts and DCP, Crime of City Commissionerate to focus on long pending cases, to reduce the pendency and to improve upon the percentage of conviction by assisting the public prosecutors in conducting trials, ensuring timely production of witnesses, etc.
From now on, crime conferences will be conducted every month by CID/Police Headquarters at state level and by Range IsG/DIsG at district level, the DGP informed here.
“Those districts which are under performing will have to make a presentation explaining the reasons for their under-performance. The districts have been directed to have a re-look at the old un-detected pending cases, work on Man Missing Reports, take the assistance of VDPs in gathering information about crime in rural areas and to complete the investigation of cases within 3 months. Instructions have also been issued for effective use of scientific aids in investigation and for digitalisation of PS records,” DGP G P Singh added.
